Petitioners sought quashing of FIR Crime No.112/2023 alleging offences against them by an ex-employee complainant amid a prior civil dispute over a mobile app. Finding allegations vague with ingredients absent, court concluded proceedings abused law and quashed the FIR insofar as petitioners were concerned.
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NC: 2025:KHC:18819 CRL.P No. 3908 of 2025
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 4TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR CRIMINAL PETITION NO. 3908 OF 2025 (482(Cr.PC) / 528(BNSS)
BETWEEN:
ALSO R/AT DIRECTOR, SUVISION HOLDING PVT. LTD. BRIGADE SOFTWARE PARK, BSK 2ND STAGE, BENGALURU – 560 085
Digitally signed by CHANDANA B M Location: High Court of Karnataka
ALSO R/AT. DIRECTOR, SUVISION HOLDING PVT. LTD., BRIGADE SOFTWARE PARK, BSK 2ND STAGE, BENGALURU – 560 085,
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ALSO R/AT DIRECTOR, SUVISION HOLDING PVT. LTD., BRIGADE SOFTWARE PARK, BSK 2ND STAGE, BENGALURU – 560 085.
ALSO R/AT DIRECTOR, SUVISION HOLDING PVT. LTD., BRIGADE SOFTWARE PARK, BSK 2ND STAGE, BENGALURU – 560 085.
…PETITIONERS
(BY SRI. RAJASHEKAR S., ADVOCATE)
AND:
…RESPONDENTS
(BY SMT. SOWMYA R., HCGP FOR R1’ R2 - SERVED)
THIS CRIMINAL PETITION IS FILED U/S 482 CR.PC (FILED U/S 528 BNNS) PRAYING TO QUASH THE IN FIR IN CRIME NO.112/2023 OF BANASHANKARI POLICE STATION PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE 4TH ADDITIONAL CMM COURT, BENGALURU CITY, REGISTERED FOR THE O/P/U/S 406, 409, 420 AND 34 OF IPC.
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THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION , THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
In this petition, the petitioners are seeking to quash the F.I.R registered against him in Crime No.112/2023 by the Banashankari Police Station, Bengaluru pending on the file of the IV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru.
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petitioners and their Company. Subsequently, the respondent No.2-complainant, who is none other than the employee of the petitioner, has resigned from the company of the petitioner and filed the instant complaint alleging that the petitioners were guilty of offences punishable under Sections 406, 409, 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
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abuse of process of law warranting interference by this Court in the
present petitions.
O R D E R
Sd/-
(S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR) JUDGE
MDS
List No.: 1 Sl No.: 27
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the FIR alleging offences under Sections 406, 409, 420 IPC against the petitioners should be quashed given vague allegations amid an earlier civil suit dispute?
4 provisions across 3 enactments
Sashi Parvatha Reddy
Ashol Pal Singh
Ravindra Krishnappa
Surendra Chikalli @ C. S. Surendra Gowda
State of Karnataka, Banashankari Police Station
Mohammed Thousif
S.R.Krishna Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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